The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-31
TELLER JACKsoNs DEFALCATIoN.
Assistant Treasurer Canda's state
ment of the Theft.

mont OF the Iu6lJ'
The MORNING NEWS has already pup
lshed in its dispatches an account oil the
defalcation of Henry Martin jackson, VINO
stole $4,000 from the New York SUD
Treasury and fed to Canada. jackson was
paying teller. The following is the state
ment of Mr.. Canda, the Assistant OhlIeu
| States Treasurer:
jackson entered the service OF the Office
| i'll February, 1879 after having peen EN-,
! plOyed IN the National Currency BanA ana
other financial institutions OF this city ms
| references included some OF the best names
in the city He was successfully promoted
until ne reached the position of paying teller
at 81, 900 a year under the present Assistant
| Treasurer He possessed excellent qualitles
for the position. being self-possessed ana
capable Z he amount of the shortage is eX-
actly $4,000. and was taken from the pay
ing teller's cash. Jackson had no &C
cess TO the vaults. More stringent rules
relative to access to vaults were INTRODUCED
when the present Assistant lreaS-
urer took charge OF the office. No means
have as yet been devised to prevent paying
| tellers in banks or other financial institu-
| tions from walking off with funds IN their
| hands if SO disposed. JacksOn's cash was
critically examined. as was customary, on
the Oct. -, and found correct On Oct.
| IL, when he was absent ON account or Ill
| ness, it was again examined by the cashier
and found correct. All the indications
would show that The abstraction of the
money took place on the day of his depart
ure. Saturday last The discovery was
made before the opening of business on
Monday morning.
TROUBLE WITH HIS WIFE.
1.-THE indications are that it is the first time
| jackson ever stole dollar from this place,
and | regard it as a sudden emotional act on
| his part like the acts of men who sometimes
suddenly commit murder There was some
trouble, believe, between him and his wife,
and he determined to go away, and con-
| cIuded that he must have some money TO go
with. You must draw your own inference
as to whether he could not have as easily
taken 100000 as $4,000. Paying tellerS
must be provided with funds to perform
| their duties, and when tell you that we have
| paid out in one day as much as S60OO,-
| coo TO Tor or account of the Clearing
| house, yon can see the paying teller neces-
| sarily handles great deal of money. That
was an exceptionally heavy day, but there
is rarely a day that we do not pay out in
cash to the Clearing House from $500, 900
| I'D Jackson did not handle any coin; that
is done in another department. He handled
| bills of all kinds. bank notes, Treasury
notes, etc, from 81 up. Payment cannot
be stopped ON any money in his possession.
1t is all negotiable to bearer. There is
| $3.50, 600, 900 in the treasury this morning.
! The system here is much the same as in the
banks. The paying teller balances his
books every night, and the cash in his pos
session is then put away. 1t is locked up IN
boxes and wheeled into the vaults No
| clerk is allowed to go into the vaults by
| himself. / am the only one who can go in
alone, and have never done so. We regu-
larly count the cash of all persons having
charge of any.
| Beyond the fact of Jacksons disagree
ment with his wife, about which | knew
nothing till he had gone, and his determine
| ton apparently to leave her, no reason is
known for his conduct. There is no sug-
gestion that he gambled, played pool on
horses or anything of that kind; in fact, he
was always a most exemplary and efficient
clerk and an excellent paging teller-cooi,
methodical and imperturk sble."
THE DEFAULTERs FAMILY.
Henry Martin jackson, the abSconded
paying teller, is a son of Lewis E. jackson,
Secretary and Treasurer of the New York
City Mission and Tract Society, at 80 Bible
| House. a very estimable and highly re-
spected man. whose home is Roseville N. j.
Mr.. Jackson, Sri, said to-day that he knew
nothing of his sons whereabouts or of his
offense until he saw the story in the after
noon papers. tie was deeply affected, and
asked to be excused from any further
statement. Henry Martin jackson is about
40 years of age and has been twice mar
ried His second wife, who was a widow
with one daughter at the time he married
her, is daughter of a Mr.. LaSele, Of Mount
Vernon, N. Y Until they separated, about
two weeks ago, they lived at the La Tourette
House, Bergen Point, Mrs. H. NJ. jackson
is said to be now stopping with her father
jackson entered the United States Sub
Treasury in 1879, under Col Hillhouse. He
is of small stature, very stout, has dark
complexion, and up to the day of his fight
wore a closely-cropped beard and whiskers
He is slightly knOck-kneed, and is an in
| veterate smoker.
Mr.. Canda declined to say whether the
aid Of Inspector Byrnes had been obtained
for the purpose of tracing the fugitive, or
whether the latter had been actually traced
to Canada "You may be sure, however"
said Mr. Canda, THAT | should like very
much to catch hum" jackson was not I'M
der bonds to the Assistant Treasurer, and
the loss, therefore, falls personally on Mr.
Canda, who is responsible TO the United
States. Mr.. Canda is under bonds for
Sf00, 900 to the United States and if he did
not make good the deficiency his bondsmen
would be called upon to do so.
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